What is Your Tar Baby?
Artist Talk: What do President Barack Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) have in common? According to artist Charly Palmer, each has a “Tar Baby”. In this exhibition, Palmer boldly asks “What is Your Tar Baby?” as he appropriates African folklore to address issues of bigotry, racism and stereotypes. He examines the lives of athletes, civil rights leaders, entertainers, politicians, scholars, African and Native Americans.
exhibition | exhibition catalogue
What is Your Tar Baby? - Charly Palmer, Smith Center, Wash. DC
What is Your Tar Baby? - Charly Palmer, Galerie Myrtis
Charly Palmer: What is Your Tar Baby: Marilyn Monroe Comments
Charly Palmer: We Love Watermelon
Charly Palmer: The Meeting
Charly Palmer: Teenage Mother
Charly Palmer: Marilyn
Charly Palmer: No Hero to Me
Charly Palmer: What is your Tar Baby? #2
Charly Palmer: Freedom Cost
Charly Palmer: That is Why Africa (Dave Chappelle)
Charly Palmer: Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
Charly Palmer: Tar Baby (Cornel West)
Charly Palmer: Black Love
Charly Palmer: Revolutionary (Angela Davis)
Charly Palmer: Tar Baby
Charly Plamer: What is Your Tar Baby: Comments